Accessibility in your PowerPoint slide deck
This post is part of the series I kicked off here. You can read my post about captions here. Let’s talk about slides! Many of… Read More »Accessibility in your PowerPoint slide deck
Join me at the EightKB virtual conference on 28 July 2021
Next week on Wednesday 28 July 2021, I will be presenting a brand-new session titled “How SQL Server stores that data type” for the free… Read More »Join me at the EightKB virtual conference on 28 July 2021
Accessibility after the fact: closed captions for videos
My user group, the Calgary Data User Group, has been recording videos since April of this year, so at the time of this writing we… Read More »Accessibility after the fact: closed captions for videos
On accessibility in our community
Today I want to write about the community that brought us all together. The community that got this very website on your radar. The community… Read More »On accessibility in our community
T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #015: Aggregations
In early 2011 Jes Borland invited us to write about aggregations: I want to hear how you solved business problems with aggregate functions. I want… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #015: Aggregations
A summary of new features in Azure SQL Database
It has been some time since I last wrote about Azure SQL Database. Although it has been more than three years since SQL Server 2017… Read More »A summary of new features in Azure SQL Database
How SQL Server stores data types: DATETIMEOFFSET
If you’d like to check out the previous instalment in this series on storing dates and times, click here. I avoided mentioning this data type… Read More »How SQL Server stores data types: DATETIMEOFFSET
Things to check when restoring a database
Whenever I restore a database — especially one I obtained outside of my regular environment (for example a customer database, a development database, or even… Read More »Things to check when restoring a database
The curse of the blank page
Last week I wrote about recovering data after an unplanned outage, and this week I’m contemplating a thing that would be considered bad in those… Read More »The curse of the blank page
How I tackle disaster recovery
One of my special interests as an autistic person is understanding mechanical components of a computer, both analog and digital. In the olden days, we… Read More »How I tackle disaster recovery
A quick primer on binary and hexadecimal
A few years ago, I wrote that a CPU is “a hot mess of on-off switches.” There’s more to it than that when you get… Read More »A quick primer on binary and hexadecimal
T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #015: Automation
In February 2011, Pat Wright invited us to talk about Automation: So the topic I have chosen for this month is Automation! It can be… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #015: Automation
T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #014: Resolutions
At the end of 2010, Sean McCown (blog | Twitter) invited us to talk about resolutions: Things like getting certified, or perfecting a process, or… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #014: Resolutions
Ambling through undocumented DBCC commands may result in boredom
There comes a time when we heed a certain call. The call is to avoid dangerous undocumented DBCC commands in SQL Server, especially those that… Read More »Ambling through undocumented DBCC commands may result in boredom
Calgary Data User Group with Deborah Melkin and Andy Yun
Next week on Wednesday is the Calgary Data User Group’s second event for 2021, and the second event as a member of Microsoft’s new Azure… Read More »Calgary Data User Group with Deborah Melkin and Andy Yun